Tan Son Nhat International Airport: Sencond runway work again

Morning 2-7, Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) officially announced the completion of the renovation and put into operation again runways (HCC) 25R / 07L. Mr. Dinh La Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Transport estimates.

According ACV, after four months of construction (two months ahead of schedule than planned), sugar HCC 25R / 07L has been put to use again, capable of receiving large aircraft such as Boeing 747- tonnage 400, Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft and other technical features and equal or lower tonnage.

Reportedly, Port Aviation Tan Son Nhat International has two lines HCC is 25L / 07R and 25R / 07L, Americans built in the years 1965 to 1967; which, in line HCC 25L / 07R was renovated and upgraded in 2002, still far better exploited. And sugar HCC 25R / 07L was renovated and upgraded in 1992, met for the Boeing 747-200 aircraft equivalent to the operating frequency 43 thousand times HCC / 20 years. Since the renovation and upgrade to date, road HCC 25R / 07L has served the aircraft operators after the conversion of Boeing 747-200 aircraft is calculated 56,853 times HCC (exceeding the design capacity). Through the process of mining, road HCC 25R / 07L has been downgraded, does not meet the actual demand, most of the pavement surface had some cracks appeared along with the phenomenon of surface water infiltration to the ground ... After completing all repairs, from 0 to 0 hours on hours on 2-7-2013 27-6, sugar HCC 25R / 07L has acquired nearly 1,000 flight safety HCC being put into operation again. Through evaluation of the flight crew, pavement HCC 25R / 07L good quality and absorbing plane smoothly.

The introduction of road HCC 25R / 07L will help operators back roads of Port Aviation HCC Tan Son Nhat International exploited secured 25 million passengers / year and save investment cost, if a later repair and upgrade the cost will double, due to not take advantage of the old pavement to nail HCC, and closing time will be two years due to strip off the old road to handle the construction of roadbed HCC.

Port Aviation's Tan Son Nhat international airport size and growth of the country's largest with an average growth rate in recent years was more than 10% / year for passenger and 15% / year for commodities. Passenger yields through 2012 reaching more than 17.5 million Port of passengers, accounting for nearly 47% of the total output of all airports across the country; with more than 400 times the frequency of HCC / day and 600 / day transit aircraft.

Source: www.nhandan.com.vn